Chapter 25: Admission Ticket Torn (2)
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Senior high school students returned to school early to take a baseline test.
The test is not difficult or too rigorous, it is mainly to see if they have slacked off during the summer vacation.
Zhu Qingchen already had the foundation to be a teacher in ancient times, so in modern times, he was doing the same old things, such as supervising exams and marking papers. Teacher Gao briefly explained it to him, and he quickly got the hang of it.
This afternoon, the last English test.
Zhu Qingchen held his face in his hands, listening to the chattering English listening on the radio, and said to the system with emotion: "It's quite hard for modern students to learn this."
The system asked: "Do you want to learn in ancient times?"
"Hmm..." Zhu Qingchen thought for a moment, "Fengxiang City has opened a trade fair. Li Yue and I often go to buy things from people in the Western Regions. I can speak a few words of their language."
"Which two?"
"'I want this', 'No no no, this this', and 'How much'."
"If you had worked harder and unified the Earth, they wouldn't have to learn English."
"..." Zhu Qingchen choked up, "You still have to endure the suffering you have to endure."
Soon, the listening test was over, with one hundred minutes left.
Zhu Qingchen swung his feet in boredom and counted the clock hands.
After two days of supervising, he had already counted how many boys and girls there were in the class, how many had short hair, and how many had long hair.
He wrote a policy essay, two long essays and three poems on the extra test papers.
By the way, he also imagined in his mind how he would arrange the layout if Li Yue built him a palace as big as three classrooms.
In short, he did everything he could.
There was really nothing else to do, so Zhu Qingchen summoned the system: "System, play me a cartoon."
The system rejected him: "No, you are on a mission now and cannot be distracted."
"But they are all very well behaved. I have been invigilating for two days. I want to watch cartoons! I want to watch Lazy Sheep! I want to watch Paw Patrol!"
The system was helpless and could only agree to his request: "Okay, okay, but you can only watch one episode."
“Yeah!”
The system popped up its electronic screen and stopped in front of him.
Zhu Qingchen is a child who is seriously addicted to cartoons. He finished watching three seasons of early education cartoons in just two days.
After the early childhood education film was over, countless "Guess you like" appeared at the end of the film. All of them hit Zhu Qingchen's heart, so he is now following several cartoons at the same time.
They were all so good! He declared that animation was the greatest invention of modern times!
What a useless host! The more the system looked at him, the more annoyed it became: "We agreed to only have one episode."
Zhu Qingchen held his face in his hands: "I know."
As a result, Zhu Qingchen watched the exam until the end, collected the answer sheets and took them back to the office.
Teacher Gao asked him, "Xiao Zhu, do you want to have dinner together?"
Zhu Qingchen said: "I'll go later, the cafeteria is a bit crowded."
And he doesn't like the food in the cafeteria.
Everything in Hyundai is good except the food. He has become thinner due to hunger after being in Hyundai for two days.
Alas, life is not easy, Xiaozhu sighed.
Teacher Gao smiled and said, "You little fool. We are not going to the cafeteria. We are going to eat outside. There is a new Cantonese restaurant near the school. It is not expensive. You just got here, so don't always eat in the cafeteria to save money."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked at him eagerly: "Is Cantonese food delicious? Is it better than the cafeteria?"
"It's delicious, so delicious." Teacher Gao felt a little sorry for him when he saw his pitiful appearance and thought about how hard he had been working these days.
All the teachers in the third year of high school had a dinner together, and Zhu Qingchen took Teacher Gao’s car to go there.
Zhu Qingchen was not even very skilled in opening the car door, nor did he know how to fasten the seat belt. He took a long time to fasten it. He blinked his eyes and looked at him stupidly.
What a pitiful child! Teacher Gao felt even more distressed.
Teacher Gao was concerned about his life: "Are you living in the teacher's apartment now?"
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded.
"You don't have anything urgent to spend money on right now. Just go eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, or go somewhere you want to play when you have time. There's no need to be so frugal."
"Uh-huh."
"If you are free on the weekend, come to my house for dinner."
"Hmmmm."
Just at this moment, Zhu Qingchen's cell phone rang.
He took out his cell phone from his cloth bag, unlocked it with a clumsy touch, and opened the group chat.
Other teachers @ him in the group.
[@小祝小祝 is not a pig. We want to order some milk tea. If we place the order now, it will be delivered to the store in a moment. Do you want some? ]
milk tea?
Zhu Qingchen thought about it and remembered that Li Yue once went to the northwest grassland to fight against nomadic peoples. When he came back, he brought him milk tea and milk skin, which did not taste very good.
He was about to refuse when Teacher Gao pressed the voice button: [What kind of milk tea should I drink at a Cantonese restaurant? Pu'er]
But the next second, he said: [Forget it, order a cup for Xiao Zhu as well, he wants a big cup! ]
Zhu Qingchen:?
I'm not, I don't.
[At that time, the school asked Lao Gao to take care of one student, but he was very unhappy]
[Tsk, Lao Gao protected the cub so quickly]
[I ordered the signature milk tea for Xiao Zhu]
Zhu Qingchen reacted, holding the phone in one hand and swiping on the screen with the other, slowly writing the word "thank you".
By the time he sent out the "thank you" message, the number of messages in the group had already reached "99+".
Zhu Qingchen scratched his hair.
It seems that he still has a long way to go before he can fully integrate into modern society.
The system was helpless: "How can you be young and old?"
Very young, but very old.
The group came to a newly opened Cantonese restaurant. Teacher Gao took Zhu Qingchen in, let him sit with him, and helped him wash the dishes.
Zhu Qingchen was flattered: "Thank you."
Teacher Gao said, "They all know how to eat. I will help you hold them back and you will be responsible for eating."
"Uh-huh."
His colleague handed him his milk tea. Zhu Qingchen imitated them, poked the straw into the cup with a "click", and tried to take a sip.
The next second, Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide and sat up straight.
Delicious!
His whole being is about to be sublimated!
He quickly asked the system: "Isn't it possible for me to take the salary I get here back to ancient times?"
The system was confused: "No, what's wrong?"
Zhu Qingchen made a small calculation in his mind: "My monthly salary is 3,000 yuan, and the rent is 1,000 yuan per month, which leaves 2,000 yuan. A cup of milk tea is 20 yuan, so I can drink 100 cups of milk tea every month!"
The system was shocked: "Are you going to eat milk tea as a meal?"
"Is it not possible?"
Soon, the dishes they ordered arrived.
Zhu Qingchen tried a spoonful of seafood porridge and it tasted so good that his eyes lit up: "It's better than the one in the cafeteria."
Every time Zhu Qingchen eats something delicious, his eyes light up.
His eyes were like light bulbs, always bright.
Teacher Gao frowned and said, "You little fool, where else can't the food taste better than the one in the cafeteria? Eat quickly."
Teacher Gao was responsible for toasting other teachers to attract their attention, while Zhu Qingchen was responsible for picking up food for the two people and then eating them voraciously.
Zhu Qingchen said to the system: "I regret it. I can't drink a hundred cups of milk tea."
“I said, this is very unhealthy.”
"I'm going to take out some money and contribute it to the Cantonese restaurant." Zhu Qingchen danced with joy in his heart and announced loudly, "I will never eat in the cafeteria again!"
“…”
After the dinner, Mr. Gao asked the waiter to pack a portion of seafood porridge and a portion of red rice sausage at his own expense and gave them to Zhu Qingchen to eat the next morning.
Teacher Gao had drunk some wine and called a designated driver, but he was still worried, so he took Zhu Qingchen with him and took a detour to send him back to school.
Zhu Qingchen was so moved that his eyes welled up with tears: "Thank you, old man."
Teacher Gao patted his head and said, "Don't look at me like that, you little idiot."
When the car drove near the school, Zhu Qingchen suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Chen Hesong was sitting in front of the bus stop with his schoolbag on his back, a piece of dry toast in his hand and a vocabulary book on his lap.
He ate and memorized words under the light of the street lamp.
Zhu Qingchen was afraid that he had seen it wrong, so he pushed Teacher Gao and said, "Teacher, is that Chen Hesong?"
"Huh?" Teacher Gao turned his head and squinted his eyes. "Why is he not home so late?"
But the car was now driving in the opposite lane and they couldn't pass.
Zhu Qingchen said: "Wait a minute, I'll go over and take a look."
"Okay." Teacher Gao nodded and whispered, "This student's family situation is a bit complicated."
Teacher Gao briefly told Zhu Qingchen about his family situation: "There are four people in his family, and three of them are not on his side. No one comes to the parent-teacher conferences."
"When he was in the first year of high school, I saw his younger brother bullying him. Later, I called his parents and he seemed to be getting better. He also worked very hard and was always the top student in his grade."
"But I have no way to deal with some of the cold violence. I can only pay more attention to him and talk to him. Sometimes, if I talk to the parents too much, they will just ignore me."
"In his situation, he can only wait until he gets into college and goes far away, and that's when he can finally make it."
Zhu Qingchen nodded thoughtfully.
He pulled over, got out, crossed the street and came to the bus stop.
It was already very late and Chen Hesong was the only one at the station.
He lowered his head and read seriously, so he didn't notice.
Zhu Qingchen tilted his head and called out to him, "Chen Hesong?"
Chen Hesong was startled by him and stood up quickly: "Teacher Zhu."
"What are you doing here so late?"
"I..." Chen Hesong paused, "I was playing outside and wasted time."
Zhu Qingchen didn't believe it at all.
He handed him the takeaway box in his hand: "You haven't had dinner yet? Want to eat something? Seafood porridge and red rice sausage are delicious."
"No thanks, Mr. Zhu." Chen Hesong refused subconsciously, "I bought some bread."
"Teacher Gao bought it. I just received news that there will be a power outage in the evening. It will go bad if left in the refrigerator. I can't eat it now. You can eat some, just consider it a favor for the teacher."
After he said that, Chen Hesong timidly took the takeaway box and said, "Thank you, teacher."
"You're welcome."
Zhu Qingchen sat down with him in front of the station.
The seafood porridge was still warm. Chen Hesong carefully held the lunch box, scooped up a spoonful and put it into his mouth.
It was delicious, and his curled-up stomach relaxed a lot.
He drank half a bowl of porridge in one breath, then felt embarrassed and put his hand down.
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "It's okay, drink it all."
"Okay, thank you, teacher." Chen Hesong took another sip and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Teacher... do you also know about my family situation?"
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen nodded. "As a teacher, it is the most basic thing to know the situation of each student. But don't worry, if you don't want to tell, I will help keep it a secret."
Chen Hesong thought about it and his voice became smaller and smaller: "Today He Yu and I made a bet."
——He Yu said to him: "I know you are going to take the college entrance examination soon and studying is very hard. Let me make a bet with you. If you can stay at the station and wait for me to pick you up, I will not disturb you from studying for the next year."
So, the buses passed by him one after another, and he was unable to get on the bus until the last bus left.
Of course, he didn't believe what He Yu said at all.
But...if he doesn't do what He Yu said, he will only be bullied even more badly.
Chen Hesong raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Qingchen with a little hope: "Teacher Zhu, I am not playing around." "I know." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "Teacher believes in you."
Teacher Zhu didn't ask any further questions and just believed him.
Chen Hesong hadn't felt the feeling of being unconditionally trusted for a long time. His eyes turned red unconsciously and he quickly lowered his head to hide it.
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "The student I saw at the school gate last time was He Yu?"
Chen Hesong calmed down and said, "Yeah."
"Sophomores are returning next week."
"Um."
Zhu Qingchen was telling him that with He Yu returning to school, Chen Hesong's life would only become more difficult.
Chen Hesong even comforted Zhu Qingchen: "Teacher, don't worry. Nothing will happen in school. Teacher Gao has helped me before."
"What about when you're not in school?" Zhu Qingchen asked, "Like last time, did he ask you to buy coffee over and over again?"
"Only a few times."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him: "When will He Yu come to pick you up? How long will you stay here?"
"He should be here soon. Teacher, please go back first. You don't have to stay here with me."
This is also obviously a lie.
He Yu was originally teasing him on purpose, so it was not certain that he would come over in the early morning.
It was too dangerous for him, a high school student who was not yet an adult, to stay at the bus stop so late at night.
Zhu Qingchen took out his cell phone and shook it at him: "Do you want to watch cartoons?"
Chen Hesong:?
Zhu Qingchen didn't wait for him to refuse and directly opened his phone.
"Pleasant Goat, Beautiful Goat, Lazy Goat..."
Chen Hesong thought that the teacher must have watched cartoons just to accommodate him, and the teacher still treated him as a child.
It's been a long time since he's been treated like a child.
The system stayed beside him. It knew Chen Hesong couldn't hear it, but it still wanted to tell him: "You think too much. He just wants to see it."
Zhu Qingchen was watching with great interest. Chen Hesong smiled shyly, closed the vocabulary book, and watched the cartoon with Zhu Qingchen.
I don’t know how much time had passed. They watched five episodes of cartoons, Zhu Qingchen’s phone was almost out of battery, and He Yu hadn’t come yet.
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Did he forget? Or should we give him a call?"
"No need." Chen Hesong shook his head quickly, "You can't call."
On the contrary, He Yu should remember very clearly that he did it on purpose. If Zhu Qingchen called him, Chen Hesong would be even more miserable when he returned home.
Chen Hesong whispered: "Teacher Gao also called before..."
After he was bullied by He Yu, Teacher Gao called his parents.
He once ignited a little hope.
But the ending was that He Yu went back and smashed his room, and Chen's mother pressed his head to apologize. He Yu didn't bully him in school, but bullied him outside of school and at home.
The teacher can't control their family affairs.
Zhu Qingchen yawned: "Then let's watch another episode."
Chen Hesong said: "If you feel sleepy, go back and have a rest. I can handle it alone."
"No." Zhu Qingchen flatly refused.
Halfway through watching this cartoon episode, Chen Hesong's cell phone rang.
Zhu Qingchen paused the call, and Chen Hesong answered the phone: "Hello, Xiaoyu?"
He Yu had no guilt at all and even yawned: "Sorry, brother, I just remembered to pick you up after taking a nap. Are you still at the bus stop?"
"Well, I'm still at the station."
"Really?" He Yu was very satisfied with his obedience, his voice was obviously happy, "Then I'll ask the driver to pick you up now, you won't be angry with me, right?"
"No, be careful on the road."
Chen Hesong had a blank expression on his face, but his words were extremely gentle.
After hanging up the phone, he pursed his lips and looked at Zhu Qingchen: "Teacher, you can go back now. The driver will be here soon."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen put away his phone and stood up.
Before leaving, Zhu Qingchen asked him: "Do you think you can hold on like this for another year? Or, will he allow you to take the college entrance examination smoothly?"
Chen Hesong squeezed his schoolbag tightly and shook his head: "I don't know."
But he had no choice, this was the best solution.
Zhu Qingchen said: "From now on, your study tasks will only become heavier and heavier, and you will not have time to play tricks with him anymore."
Chen Hesong raised his head, a little hesitant.
Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously: "If you are bullied, tell me immediately. You can also tell me what you think."
"Go back and think carefully about whether you have left any evidence of He Yu bullying you over the years. As long as you have evidence, the teacher can help you."
Even if Zhu Qingchen was the class teacher, he couldn't force Chen Hesong to live on campus, let alone cut off his relationship with his family. Zhu Qingchen had already thought of a way to solve this problem once and for all.
Chen Hesong stared at him blankly, then nodded hesitantly: "Okay... Thank you, teacher."
Zhu Qingchen said "goodbye" to him and turned to walk into the 24-hour convenience store next to the station.
The oden in the store was bubbling. Zhu Qingchen smelled the aroma and his eyes lit up: "Hello, what is this? How much is it?"
Twenty minutes later, Zhu Qingchen was sitting on a small bench in the convenience store, holding a bowl of oden, enjoying the air conditioning and eating while watching the He family's driver arrive late and take Chen Hesong away.
Zhu Qingchen strung three fish balls together, raised his head, opened his mouth wide, and caught them below: "Ah——"
The fish balls fell from the bamboo skewers one by one and fell into his mouth.
Zhu Qingchen closed his mouth with satisfaction and chewed. It was delicious!
The system looked at him with disdain on the screen. Eat, eat, eat, every day, eating in different ways.
Look at the quick-travel game and see which host is the same as you?
*
The results of the baseline test came out, and a honor roll of the top ten and the top scorers in individual subjects was hung in the corridor of the third year of high school. The students gathered in front to look at the list. Chen Hesong took a look and then stepped back.
His classmates stopped him with a smile: "Chen Hesong, you are the first in your grade again."
Chen Hesong smiled shyly: "It's just a matter of luck."
"Can you take second place once?"
"Of course not. I always get first place in every exam."
"When he was in his second year of high school, he gave up the competition and said he wanted to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University without any preparation. Isn't that awesome?"
Chen Hesong paused and smiled at them: "I'm going to the bathroom first."
"Bye-Bye."
Chen Hesong fled to the bathroom and stayed in the cubicle for a while. Until the preparatory bell rang and the noise outside gradually died down, he came out of the cubicle and washed his face.
He didn't give up the competition voluntarily, he was forced to give up.
The night before the competition, He Yu had a stomachache, and his mother took him to the hospital, saying it was gastroenteritis.
He Yu said that she wanted to drink the millet porridge he cooked, so his mother called him and asked him to cook the porridge at home and bring it over.
He said he was going to participate in a competition, but his mother insisted that he come over before going to the airport.
He finally cooked the porridge and sent it to the hospital, but He Yu took advantage of his mother going out to get medicine and kept Chen Hesong in the ward, not letting him leave.
He Yu confiscated his cell phone and even placed a clock in front of him, letting him watch the time pass by bit by bit.
"Brother, the team leader has been calling you."
"Brother, they should be on the plane, right?"
"Brother, the competition has begun."
Chen Hesong sat by the bedside from day to night, and was anxious at first, then felt hopeless.
Because… his mother couldn’t possibly go get the medicine for several hours, right?
There is only one possibility, that his biological mother also condoned He Yu's prank.
That's it.
Seeing that he didn't respond, He Yu tortured him even more severely during the few days he was in the hospital.
Later, when he returned to school, the teacher and classmates asked him why he didn't come, and he lied.
He said that he suddenly fell ill, but it didn't matter, he just needed to do well in the college entrance examination. His classmates all said that he was courageous and worthy of being called a genius student.
Chen Hesong wiped the water droplets off his face and let out a long breath.
That night at the bus stop, Teacher Zhu asked him if he could hold on for another year.
Of course he could, he just had to endure it for a year.
However, Teacher Zhu also asked him, will He Yu help him pass the college entrance examination smoothly?
He's not sure.
Since he was a child, He Yu had sabotaged all of his exams and competitions. He was not sure whether He Yu would let him go if he compromised like this.
But what can he do?
He felt very upset and wanted to go find Teacher Zhu, but he was afraid of getting Teacher Zhu into trouble.
Teacher Zhu had just graduated, so young, the He family was powerful, and he knew some leaders. He was really...
Scared.
Forget it, just bear with it.
As long as he can get through this year, he will be free.
After school that evening, Chen Hesong walked out of the school gate carrying his schoolbag.
For the first time ever, the He family's car was parked in front of the door and had not left yet.
He Yu sat in the car and waved at him: "Brother."
Chen Hesong walked over carefully and got into the car.
When I got home, Chen's mother was putting the food on the table.
He's father also came back today and sat in the main seat looking at his phone.
Mother Chen smiled and said, "You're back, wash your hands and have dinner."
They were more like a family of three. Mother Chen was gentle and kept picking food for the He father and son, talking about how hard it was to buy this dish and how hard it was to cook that dish.
Chen Hesong sat down at the seat next to them, eating his own food, unconsciously moving away from them.
Suddenly, He Yu looked at him and said, "This time, I got first place in my grade again."
Chen Hesong couldn't help but shudder and put down his bowl and chopsticks.
He Yu suddenly mentioned him, which was definitely not a good thing.
The smile on Chen's mother's face was a little unnatural: "Really?"
He's father asked calmly: "What about you?"
"There are no exams in the second year of high school." He Yu announced with a smile, "But I have to start studying hard."
While speaking, He Yu kept looking at Chen Hesong, which made him feel inexplicably nervous.
He's father snorted, obviously not believing it: "You want to hire a tutor again?"
"It's too expensive to hire a tutor. My brother is such a good student, so I can just let him teach me."
Chen Hesong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Okay, I'll teach Xiaoyu."
It's just helping him with his homework and organizing his notes, which I have done before.
Although these things took up some time, and He Yu never learned how to study, and he would be scolded if he didn't do well on the exams, but compared to other things, this was already very good.
But today, He Yu looked at him with a smile, and his smile was a little strange.
He said, "Okay, then tomorrow Auntie will go to school to help me with the procedures for repeating a grade, and you can come to class and teach me."
Chen Hesong raised his head suddenly.
What? Repeat a grade?
He Yu was very satisfied with his reaction and said with a smile: "Brother just promised it in person, you can't regret it."!
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